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That last Chlark scene broke my heart. It made me actually tear up. :( Allison is just so awesome.

Lois who? Clois who? That last convo was epic.

chloe is doing it for Clark. Nuff said!

So my guess is... their friendship has changed. Chlark is way more then "just" friends after that final scene.

Well, after a good beginning, that epic confrontation scene had all the impact of a rather muted fart. Chloe shows up, shakes her finger at Clark, and leaves, while he stands there. Huh?

Have to say I can't buy Chloe stated reason for saving Davis - to save Clark from pangs of conscience. However, I also can't buy Oliver's hypothesis - that she's uncomplicatedly in love with Davis, especially given the opening dream, which shows that she's perfectly aware she's standing on quicksand where he's concerned. None of it quite makes sense. Bleah.

Glad everything is crystal on her loyalties (it was to us as an audience, but at least Clark knows too now)

So I guess meathooks through the torso are the hip new thing for the women 18-34 demographic.

I feel like throwing up forever. Smallville is not supposed to make me this emotional. Oh God.

The last Chlark scene was made of gold and made it CRYSTAL CLEAR where Chloe's loyalties lie.

P.S. Oliver is a hypocritical douche considering what he has done

LOL screamin. While watching that I was like "That's it!" lol

I just cried my heart out. I hope Chlimmy doesn't start back under Ollie & JLA/Watchtower but it looks Jimmy will be a secret keeper soon.

It was an excellent expisode they tried to cover alot of the issues except Chloe needed to throw Lex-murder back at Ollie about turning into 'one of the bad guys'.

WAHHHH! It was so good I want to watch it to the end episode NOW but dread Lois in the last episode and her continuation in S9.

WE as the audience know davis/Doomsday CAN KILL Clark. She also knewClark was going to disappear with Davis into the endless hell of the PZ. She just lied to him about his conscious crap but if you really want to say Chloe loves the world and human race more than Ollie or Clark supposed future Superman combined.

Pretty good episode so don't have much to add. Apparently the JL hired Felix Gaeta, which is neat. Oliver's still a douche (calling Chloe one of the bad guys, threatening to cal the cops on her). I actually like Jimmy when AA has something to do and really hope this version of Jimmy lasts.

Cloliver is a good pairing that we didn't get to see much of this season.

Chlark really was in full force tonight. This show really needs to convince me that Clois is anywhere close to Chlark in Clark's life.

Did anyone else take Clark punching the pink file cabinet as a pro-Chlark, anti-Clana sign?

I was impressed that the events of Stiletto let to tonight's episode. Continuty, yay.

What in the blue hell? No, seriously what in the blue hell?

Unless they reveal that Brainiac is in control of Chloe, there is no way to redeem her. She saved Doomsday from being sent to the Phantom Zone. Sorry Smallville but the only way back is for Brainiac to be in control. If Brainiac isn't in control, Clark and Oliver better not look the other way and accept Chloe back. And Clark is an idiot for just standing around and allowing Chloe to walk off with Doomsday.

The best thing about this episode were the Clark Oliver scenes. In particular Ollie's line "Kick it's ass".

Wow just wow. That last scene pwned the whole season.

I love Smallville. I really do. It disappoints the hell out of me most the time, but no other show gets me this pumped. No other show affects me this way.

This episode was incredible. It really was. Yes, there was a bit too much of one character lecturing another (I expected Bo to show up and show them how it's really done), but the angst, the complexity. This is angst done right.

And oh my Chlarky heart. I can't say more. Just everything wants to pour out of me and I can't put it into words.

Smallville I love you. Don't make me hate you again.

I liked the music at the beginning and end. I didn't want the show to end tonight. I feel like they just aren't getting it. Chloe is choosing her friends. I still like the Chloom, I just can't help myself. Putting Doomsday in the phantom zone should be the last resort.

Alright, there's some stuff I don't understand.

1. How did Chloe pull the Phantom Zone crystal from the console? I thought that only Clark could use the console? Is it because Chloe held the key? If yes, then are there two keys--because doesn't one have to stay in the cave so the teleport remains unlocked? Or is it because Chloe is Clark's extension?

2. Poof! How the heck did Davis and Chloe end up where ever they were at?

My complaint of this episode is that the Oliver scenes had way too much exposition in it.

Yay--I think we'll get Chlark back where it will belongs. They are not going to leave Chloe off like this. Wow, I'm I really want their reunion.

Did Clark say he knows Chloe better than anyone? I know Chloe said she knows Clark better than anyone.

That was Clavis. I hope for Clooms to be a bit more intense.

where is Lois?

Far more engaging than Eternal, although I'm pretty sure I wasn't supposed to be laughing through the Davis, Ollie and Jimmy scene in the basement. Not in a bad way, though. Davis overall with his Chloe obsession was somewhat amusing.

Oliver telling Chloe how monumentally stupid her plan has been was awesome. But I'm so, so, so sick of people (read: Chloe and Oliver) continually laying guilt trips on Clark. Kill Davis! Don't kill Davis, but don't put him in the Phantom Zone, either!

Still, if that's just a preview of the finale smackdown, I should be happy.

Chimmy doesn't even look like it has the chance of zombification from this episode. If anything, Jimmy is even more bitter with regards to her, though he is no longer so angry as to verbally degrade her at every chance. The beginnings of a mutually respectable relationship of some sort.

But yes, I'm loving this. I also see it as a red herring set up of the who will die question in the finale. I give credit to PS3. They can't plan filler for shit, but they can sure as hell get arcs better than AlMiles ever dreamed of.

Also, I loved Chloe's expression every time Dooms declared his love for her (when not in dream land) being that of a hot high school teacher being told by her student that he's in love with her.

That last scene is why I will forever Chlark. No if ands or buts. That's raw emotion right there. That's not wanting to let someone go. That's giving up your life to save the man you love.

This episode was so good tonight.

Everyone brought their A-game tonight especially Tom, Allison, and Sam.

Actually, Chloe was saying that sending Davis to the "eternal hell" of the Phantom Zone would be worse than killing him. And while Clark refused to kill Davis because he didn't want to get his hands bloody, sending Davis to the PZ would bother Clark more than killing him would have. And the look on Clark's face said that, when he thought about it for a second, he agreed with her.

That was an excellent episode. One of the best!

That's what I thought too. Clark is fighting his feelings.

Oliver - I hate, read hate Oliver. What a murdering, sanctimonious ass! Look who's talking about being one of the bad guys. Ugh.

Clark - I'm liking him more and more. Chloe was right. There is no way Clark wouldn't feel guilty about putting Davis in the PZ. No way.

Chloe - She is such a hero. She did what she had to to make sure Clark and the world are safe. That last scene was amazing.

Jimmy - Eh, I still dislike him. I'm not sure what he's been hired to do for Oliver. Is he the new official photographer of the JL? The one who'll capture the Death of the RBB for the world (of course, RBB's identity will be hidden).

Davis - I love Davis/SW. SW can really ramp up the charm (dream sequence). And he can be really scary and menacing (with Oliver, Jimmy, and Clark).

With regards to Chloe and her not wanting Clark put Dooms in the PZ, thats actually pretty deep for this show. Remember that Jor-El, while a brilliant and good man, was also draconian and had made that very prison to hold the enemies of Kryton. It was this black and whiteness that had earned Jor-El his enemies with both Zod and his own brother, Zor-El (I miss him). Considering also that Clark did not want to be his father (even if he accepts him now, he's always going to be less Draconian than Jor-El ever was), Chloe saw that if he started making a habit of this, it would come to just that and thus had to stop him before he turned into Jor-El.

It wasn't entirely Clark's fault either. Ollie was bullying him into the opposite extreme much to harshly and too suddenly for Clark (being stubborn as he is) to ever accept it, and so concocted the PZ plan as a way to assuage Ollie's concerns AND his own ethics. And of course when you try to please everybody you please no one so...

Anyway, thats my quick analysis on that whole shebang.

Oliver, you are dead to me. Now go take your shirt off and maybe we can talk about a reconciliation.

Chlaaaaaaaaaaaaaark!!!!! Are you fucking kidding me?! That was EPIC, guys. Seriously...I can't even deal with that phone conversation. TW NEVER emotes like that! That...was gold. "I'm going to spend every second looking for you...." Oh HELL yes he will. This shit right here is exactly why I will NEVER buy the Clois crap that's shoved down my throat. This cannot be replicated. I don't care what her initials are. I don't care what her nameplate says. Chlark is the true lovestory of SV. Period.

I'm sorry...Nois? Boobies? Anyone? Bueller?

Sam Witwer is a freaking acting don. Tom and Allison were on top of things as always. And I'm glad that Oliver was clearly wrong about his assessment of Chloe. Because she was doing it for love...just not love of Davis.

So Davis has his powers against Clark when Chloe's not around? I liked when Davis' eyes flashed red, like he was powering up or something. I'm happy to have confirmation that he can do stuff in both forms.

I don't really understand Chloe's or Oliver's rationale here though. So the PZ is like Hell, and killing him would be better than that, but...how is Clark going to kill Davis permanently? Would Oliver have agreed with sending him to the PZ as well? I don't get why they keep telling him to kill Davis, as if Clark has some magical way to stop Davis from coming back.

Also, Davis has officially gone off the edge. He's no longer concerned about people around him, he just wants to be with Chloe. Sad, but it had to happen. I guess this is one of those times that there are just no right choices.

EDIT: Oliver needs to shut up. He has a kryptonite ring. That he got off of Lex's dead body. Seriously, Davis should deliver a super turbo flaming uppercut to his chin.

Also, Emil Hamilton? Can we keep him? I want him in more episodes. He can take Lois' time.

I haven't commented on this board in over a year, and I haven't watched this show all season (save for a couple episodes with Lois in them that turned me way off), but I happened to see tonight's episode tonight and OMG!

I thought they killed Clark and Chloe's connection a long time ago to make way for that "Lois" (and they did), but this episode was one of the best episodes of the show I've ever seen since season 3. I loved how they made Chloe *dark* which added so much tension to the show, and yet it's one of those episodes that make it seem like how can anything top what they have/had. WTH are the writers thinking to be so wishy washy! Stop giving me false hopes!

Davis telling Chloe "I don't know where I'd without you." like Clark always told her.

And then the Clark/Davis fortress convo oh.my.gosh.

And the Clark Oliver convo, I also expected Oliver to say Clark just couldn't believe Chloe would choose Davis over him.

Chloe telling"Everything I ever did, good or bad, I did it for you"

And Clark vowing that he will not stop until he finds her. *sigh*

Dang it! Why do they do this?

I get that, I'm just sick of people chastising Clark for not making decisions and then not approving of the ones he finally makes. Clark doesn't have a whole lot of choices here and no one seems to be giving him any concrete options. It's all "Clark, do something--but don't do that!"

It's not like Chloe is doing any better, which Clark and she both know, which makes her pretty much a giant hypocrite. Oliver was dead on about her "plan" and running away isn't going to change anything. Davis killed while she had him under "control" and it'll happen again. Thinking she can stop it forever is completely unrealistic. There is no perfect solution, but the PZ is about the best one they've got and Chloe just ruined that.

Word Digiking! I was waiting on Davis to kill his hypocritical ass.

I just loved how as soon as Davis heard Clark's plan about the PZ and he realized that it would seperate him from Chloe, he was like "No fucking way."

As Hamilton said, obession is what's Davis has for Chloe. If he can't have Chloe, no one else will.

Why is it the good episodes are too short and the horrendous ones make the super bowl seem like its only as long as a commercial?

Anyhoo. Was I the only one who realized that Chloe must have finally gotten over her confusion from Requiem, since she spilled the beans on Oliver to Emil?

Chloe didn't ruin that plan. I'm sure if Clark comes to the conclusion that Davis belongs in the PZ, he can open the portal again. As it is, Clark was left to realize that Chloe is right. It would eat him alive to doom (eh) Davis to an eternity in Hell.

Chloe is doing something. She's trying to keep Clark's hands clean/protect innocents/protecting Clark from grisly death. Whether or not she can actually do all of this is the big question, but she's trying.

And it's not like Chloe is completely relying on her ability to control Davis. As we saw, she's looking for alternatives. The alternatives just aren't panning out.

Also, HATE Oliver now. Of course he's going to assume that Clark is capable of murder, because Oliver is. And if Clark isn't capable of murder, it's just naivete and he needs to grow up. I hope the JL sends you to the PH for offing Lex, you hypocritical douchebag.

But I loved that even after all of this, Chlark still believe in each other. Chloe knows that Clark would never kill someone, and Clark knows that Chloe doesn't give up on people. It's so painful. I have a sensitive stomach that is easily upset by angst, so I feel like Beast just kicked me in the gut. That phone call... I just. There are no words. Like a wall of pain rushing at me from my television screen. Clark's choked-up "You're wrong, Chloe," broke me. She doesn't even understand how much he needs her. Both of them are too good to be selfish, and it's costing them each other. I can't believe what the TPTB are doing with Chlark. Do they know that they're doing this? How can they not know? WTF is going on?!

I wish there was another hiatus, because I can't handle this. Too much intensity is going to be packed into the next few weeks, and Smallville is going to make a wreck of me, I just know it.

This is a perfect example of how the show actually could be good, if it wants to. There was action, drama, and even romance, but with a good balance of each. The episode managed to tackle secrets without devolving into SECRETHS AND LIETHS, and tackle the issue of being a hero and destiny without collapsing into ICONIC nonsense. Both Clark's moral absolutism and Oliver's amoral pragmatism were brought into question without seeming preachy about it. There was plenty of relationship angst, but without it weighing down the episode with pointless will-they-or-won't-they scenes or endless scenes of moony eyes; it all fit the plot and the overall arc of the show organically.

Smallville doesn't need Justice League cameos or dramatic deaths to recover its ratings, it just needs to be a good television show.

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Interesting parallel between Clark doing what it takes to save Chloe from the Brainiac inside her and Chloe doing what it takes to save Davis from the Doomsday inside him. I was surprised it wasn't more directly addressed.

Not so sure about that. But then this debate is much like the real life one regarding capital punishment versus life imprisonment. No easy answers, so I doubt any of us can say which is best and who is right. Looking at that alone anyway.

However, as I stated earlier, considering Jor-El MADE that prison and the history of the show, I think Clark doing that would have truely broken him (once he realized everything). At the very least, Chloe has justifiable reasons for wanting to have Clark avoid that option.

Considering the PZ is full of beings stronger then Clark, and Zoners has escaped before, Bloodline being the latest with that regard, sending a monster who just gets stronger after dying to a place of the most powerful criminals in the 28 galaxies isn't a smart idea IMHO, especially if there is that risk he can escape.

I'm going to have to disagree with that. If she were to do what she had to do to make sure the world was safe, she would allow Clark to put Doomsday in the Phantom Zone. Davis is still an unstoppable, unable to be killed, killing machine. Having that in the Phantom Zone would be a lot safer for the world than not having him in the Zone.
I don't think it's black and whiteness, or Clark becoming more like Jor-El. Davis is still Doomsday, that which kills him makes him stronger. Putting Davis in the Phantom Zone, would be putting the safety of the world above how he would feel.

It's amazing what a good actor TW is when there's a Chlark episode. He seems more genuine and engaged working with AM than he does trying to get the audience to buy Clois. I was almost teary eyed in the last scene. If that's not proof that Clark is in love with Chloe then I don't know what is. TW hasn't been this good since Reckoning.

Oliver is a douchebag and a hypocrite.

Sam Witwer, you are the greatest young actor working today.

Good ep.

If you remember, Clark has the capability to become a world-leading dictator if his morals become askew. Its something Lex always feared and tried to prevent and always something Clark has fought against. This would not merely be about angst, but how this would instill a habit into clark that would devolve into facism, something already accused of with Superman of the comics.

I have been a steadfast Chloe defender, but I have to agree with you there (except I wouldn't call it "ruined", maybe "postponed"). Granted, the PZ is a harsher life sentence than anything an Earth prison can dish out, rendered all the more harsh by the fact that the prisoner is immortal, and also had a few things to say in his defense in a trial that can never take place before the sentencing. Still, it was a solution.

However, the fact that without any Kryptonite, with just a few scolding words she was able to waltz out of there with Davis under Clark's nose, shows that to me Clark did have plenty of doubts about that solution, once they're pointed out to him. And I can't say Chloe "ruined" the solution. The crystal was left there. It can be used again - unless by 'ruined' you mean that she caused Clark to think about what he was doing, which is fatal, I suppose.

Regarding Chloe - I'm more puzzled than disappointed. Is it Stockholm syndrome? Her nightmare at the beginning shows that her feelings for Davis are VERY far from uncomplicated love. I guess her enforced time with Davis has warped her perspectives. She's gotten to know him as a human being, and she's projecting her own pangs of conscience at sending him to the PZ on Clark - imagining that he would feel as stricken as she at the idea that Davis was suffering in the Phantom Zone through all of eternity.

Actually, though, if she hadn't taken the trouble to point that out to him, I don't think it would have bothered Clark all that much. He's not terribly introspective. Once it was pointed out to him, she left with his full (if momentary) cooperation.

This was what I was thinking about during that scene. Sending Doomsday to the PZ would maybe be the solution. But it's not like no-one's ever escaped from the place before.

That episode was awesome! One of the best in a long while. My Chlarky heart started beating again at the end when even my non-Chlarky husband agreed that Clark is so totally in love with Chloe he can barely function without her.


Oh I agree. I kept waiting for that one.

I love Chlavis, but Chlark has my heart on this one. I feel so bad for Davis, though, because I think he realizes that Chloe doesn't really love him he's just hoping that maybe she will.

Jimmy was freaking me out with his bug eyes. And I really don't understand why Oliver is feeding his habit by giving the addict a job. Does he actually think this is going to help or something? And what exactly does he plan to have Jimmy do? Did I miss the job description?


I don't know if I completely agree with that because if Davis was only obsessed with Chloe then he would have killed Jimmy without a second thought. He wouldn't have tried to talk her out of running away with him either. I do think he loves her but it's more of a love born from desperation than a healthy kind of love. To my mind, obsession is boiling bunnies; not sparing the life of bug eyed ex-husbands. YMMV.

I personally agree with Chloe that putting Davis in the Phantom Zone isn't a good idea. First, it'd pretty much eat Clark from the inside out with guilt which would render him pretty much useless. Second, Zoners have escaped before and there's nothing stopping them from doing it again when he opens the portal or from Davis escaping at some later date. Third, even if nobody escaped, Clark could get sucked in and if he tried to escape like he did last time we'd be in for a redux of, what was it, season 6? Fourth, who knows how dangerous and powerful Davis could become in the Zone considering what happened with the Kryptonite shower. I think the PZ should be a last resort. Too many nasty side affects, IMO.

This is exactly what Clark was trying to do. He, too, was "doing something", it just wasn't what Chloe thought was right, so she stopped him. As for protecting Clark, that just screams Lana to me. Chloe should know better than to martyr herself so Clark doesn't have to feel bad about something later. He's a big boy; he can live with the consequences of his actions, imo. He's been doing it for the entire series.


Yes, Chloe went to Dr. Hamilton to try to find a cure, which I give her props for even if it was weeks too late, but I thought they made it perfectly clear that as of now the only thing keeping Davis under control is Chloe's presence. She more or less had the effect of kryptonite on him at the Fortress and Chloe is aware of this so imo, she is relying solely on herself to keep Davis under control.

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Ha, me too! I was laughing at inappropriate parts all through this episode - now that Dooms is out of the closet, SW seems to be enjoying himself so much, almost to a Zor-El level of over-the-topness. Every time he almost "doomed" out and gave a little grunt. I was giggling. Sam was so much fun in this episode. And that basement scene killed me - you know you're not exactly dealing with a Mensa meeting when Oliver is the most sensible person in the room. When Oliver says "I've seen your horns!"...hahahaha! Finally a line to match Toxic's "The mosquitos were eating me ALIVE!" Poor Justin.

There were some magnificent bitch-faces in this episode too: Clark was practically rolling his eyes at Oliver at the end - I love snarly!Tom. And one of Oliver's lunch companions managed to steal the scene from Jimmy without saying a word with his "who is this cretin?" face.

The last scene between Chloe and Clark was sweet (although road-tripping with Dooms is also inherently amusing to me.)

If only the finale can be this much fun!

Wow. I rarely post before I do a rewatch anymore, but I have to say wow! The fight was really a nice teaser of what's coming up, Aaron is really good with good material, and the whole episode was an interesting idea. For once the promo monkeys got it right - how far would one go to help a friend.

They really underlined tonight how Chloe and Clark are the same, they do the same self-sacrificing stuff for other people. Chloe tried to get Emil to fix his DNA; Clark tried to put him in the PZ. Chloe's now willing to run away with Davis to keep him from killing other people, specifically Clark.

I thought it was really interesting how much of the mirroring conversation Davis and Clark had, and how telling it was about one another. Clark's all for helping his "brother" out, until Davis basically says he wants to run away with Clark's BFF. Clark says if you love someone, you'd let them go (which is what he did in Abyss), yet he's unwilling to let her go and vows to keep searching for her.

I like that it's a big murky area. Clark's trying to do the right thing by putting Doomsday in the PZ over killing him. Ollie's not wrong about Chloe not having really any control - and yet he's entirely too gungho on the murder. Chloe's not wrong about Clark beating himself up or about the risk she's taking - but she's still not safe.

I like that they gave Jimmy his plot points. He's half Speedy, seemingly set up to become friends with Chloe once again and hopefully back at the DP. Aaron was really good with the guys, and even with AM so long as they aren't in Clana 2.0.

But man, the ending. That fight, Clark's pain at Chloe leaving with Davis, his disheveled appearance when he's searching for her and that phone call. Man, TW really brought it, IMO. I can't believe I'm saying this, but can it be next week yet?

Maybe they should tempt Dooms with a Chlone and then send him through. Then he can clean up the PZ and rule over it all for himself. :P

Then he finds out its a clone and goes mad and comes back after Clark...this after killing every single monster there, many of whom more powerful than Clark.

Clark dead. World dead. Chloe doomed.

So even for practical purposes the PZ is no solution since he'd escape anyway. After all, someone might launch a missle into space with nukes on it and that would lead to bad things, yah?

I don't think it would skewing his morals. Clark has 2 options with Doomsday, constantly kill him or send him to the Phantom Zone. Sending him to the Zone gets him away from the world. Clark's the only one that even has a chance to stop Doomsday, allowing him to roam the world isn't a good thing.